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An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also perambulator. Knight.

The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.

A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.

An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.

An anemograph. Knight.

A messenger. [R.] The dear good angel of the Spring, The nightingale. B. Jonson.

) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. -- Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. -- Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interio…

d my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. Shak.

Good against nightmare. -- n.

An antimask. [Obs. or R.] Performed by knights and ladies of his court In nature of an antic. Ford.

An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.

alth by application to study. Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress night have been greater. J. Jay.

A mandrel in lathe turning. Knight. Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [U.S.]

stial body. The diurnal arc is described during the daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night. Electric arc, Voltaic arc. See under Voltaic.

A chief. [Obs.] My worthy arch and patron comes to-night. Shak.

Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.

A widely used system of electric night signals in which a series of double electric lamps (white and red) is arranged vertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below.

d of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.…

Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob.

Formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor. Shak.